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Utah was the 45th territory in the U.S. to gain statehood on January 4th 1896. There are 29 counties and 243 incorporated municipalities carrying out Utah’s local government duties. County and city governments elect officials, create department and divisions making up their agencies servicing citizens. Essential county duties include law enforcement, record keeping, tax collections, justice courts, economic development and elections.

Open record laws in Utah give its residents better access to information held by government agencies, departments and divisions. All local and statewide agencies fall under the Open Record Act and do not give individual departments and division the discretion to deny anyone records that are considered public. Any member of the public can make a record request in Utah without having to show a reason. Despite these laws being enacted to promote a transparent government, many request are simply made for personal needs and are not related to oversight of state and local department affairs.

Public records are key in finding and conducting background checks. Companies in Utah order background searches on a regular basis to uncover criminal records of a prospective employee. As a precaution, individuals also request a self background check to see what is made public and can be obtained about them. Criminal records are available from the Utah Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Criminal Identification. Find out how to obtain a copy of another person’s criminal history. See instructions to retain an official B.C.I. report of your own adult and previous juvenile record. The UT D.P.S. lists tips regarding expungement of your criminal history.

The state’s judicial system’s x-change case look up can supplement your investigation with electronic access to court records. General jurisdiction courts also known as district courts have jurisdiction over misdemeanor and felony criminal cases, civil trials of divorces and other proceedings. Justice courts with jurisdiction of traffic cases, smaller B and C misdemeanors filings and small claims are available using the Courts Information System (CORIS). Other case details that you can obtain include judgments, verdicts, transcripts, jury awards and more online.

Locating official records for personal purposes such as birth or marriage certificates can be directly requested from the Utah Office of Vital Records. The state’s health department shows visitors to their site how to order official divorces and death records in addition to births and marriages that have occurred within Utah. Online databases from the state’s various department can offer valuable information to uncover previous U.C.C. filings, verify professional licensure, offenders registered in a particular area, most wanted lists and other public safety precautionary data.

See how to begin your search for a complete statewide background check to locating a single hard to find record. Get tips and instructions with the most current resources found online. Access a directory that lists quality links with free forms to request official certificates, recorded documents directly from the agency maintaining the specific record you are seeking without conducting a full search. Access a list of free people locator sources showing addresses and reverse searches uncovering names under same residences. Addresses outside Utah’s borders will point your search to expand to other states where records may be hidden from a statewide report.

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